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Showing 32213230 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-66

The president of the Conseil national des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires and, in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article 44 of law no. 2004-811 of 13 August 2004 on the modernisation of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory service

Article L313-14

…market and if its provision does not give rise to any remuneration other than that paid, where applicable, by the borrower. Under no circumstances may the independent advisory service give rise to rem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Shooting galleries for hunting weapons

Article A322-145

…or not; - if shooting is interrupted, tilt or open the rifles on the shooting range and remove the cartridges. These safety rules must be clearly displayed in a place accessible to all.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-16

…bmitted to the merging company's bondholders' meetings. However, the general meeting of bondholders may give a mandate to the representatives of the general body of bondholders to oppose the merger un…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable in the event of a finding that does not allow the ticket to be issued immediately

Article A37-16

…where it has not been possible to establish his identity, to the holder of the registration certificate includes: I.-Information relating to the offending department, the nature, place and date of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 161

The parties may be assisted during the execution of an investigative measure. They may be excused from attending if the measure does not involve their personal hearing.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1627

The parties may, by special agreements, add to or diminish the effect of this legal obligation; they may even agree that the seller shall not be subject to any warranty.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 D

…were not members of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status on 1 January 2011 and that join a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with additional tax st…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

…licence and producing a live performance to receive a commission from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, is punishable, in the ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of owners of all or part of built-up buildings with regard to detection

Article R1334-16

Owners of the private portions of apartment blocks have a survey carried out of list A materials and products containing asbestos. They shall also have a survey carried out for materials and products…

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